Metagenomic study on the composition of culturable and non-culturable bacteria in tap water and biofilms at intensive care units.

This study sheds light on the prevalence of unculturable bacterial flora in the biofilm ignored by the microbiological standard methods. This study was performed on tap and bulk water from ICUs; however, it indicates the need for further studies to investigate the function and activity of the microbial diversity in order to assess the real risk presented by this water microflora on patients' health. PMID: 30758305 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Water and Health - Category: Environmental Health Tags: J Water Health Source Type: research